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Pesticide Regulations

• Bureau of Pesticides Management, New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (NYSDEC)
  
  
  • Pesticide Application Management (Forms, Regulations)
    
    
    • Pesticide Control Regulations
      
      
    • Article 33 and Portions of Articles 15 and 71 of the Environmental Conservation Law
      
      
  • Pesticide Reporting Law
    
    
    • Pesticide Reporting Section (NYSDEC)
      
      
    • Cornell University Pesticide Sales and Use Reporting Database
      
      
  • Water Quality Monitoring for Pesticides
    
    
  • Product Registration
    
    
    • List of currently registered pesticides in New York State (DEC)
      
      
    • Pesticide Product Ingredient Manufacturer System (PIMS) - databases of current and historic New York State pesticide product information with label images of federally registered products that are also registered within New York State
      
      
    • Associated sites containing pesticide label information can also be found at EPA's Pesticide Product Label System (PPLS) and at Crop Data Management System (CDMS)
      
      
    • New York State Emergency Exemptions (Section 18s) -- Specific/Crisis/Quarantine
      
      
      • Section 18 Definition
      • EPA Section 18 Flowchart
      • FIFRA Section 18 Emergency Exemptions (link to EPA)
        
        
      • New EPA Guidelines as of 2006: (PDF files)
        
        • Letters to States (PDF)
        • Guidance for Preparations (PDF)
        • Streamlined Application/Renewal for Previously Granted NYS Section 18s (PDF)
        
        
      • New York State Section 18 Requirements (Part 326)
      • New York State Emergency/Crisis Exemptions Granted for the Current Calendar Year (2013)
      • New York State Emergency/Crisis Exemptions Granted in Prior Years
        
        • (NOTE: All Prior-Year Exemptions Have Expired and Are
          Displayed for Archival Purposes Only.)
      
      
    • New York State Special Local Need (SLN 24c) Registrations including Third Party Registrations
      
      
      • Special Local Need Definition
      • Special Local Need Requirements
      • Special Local Need Application (PDF)
      • NYS Special Local Need (SLN 24c) Registrations including Third Party Registrations
      
      
    • New York State 2(ee) Recommendations
      
      
      • FIFRA 2ee Defined/Guidelines
      • New York State Legislation Relating to 2ee - Agricultural Use / Less than Label Rate
      • Cornell 2ee Form
      • FIFRA Letter from New York State DEC to Cornell
      • New York State 2ee Recommendations and Categories
      
      
    • Experimental Use Permits (EUP)
      
      
      • New York State EUP Regulations
      • Experimental Use Permits Granted for New York State
      • Expanded Acreage - Arthropod Pheromones: EPA Fed. Reg. 6/94
      
      
  • Aquatic Pesticides
    
    
  • Pesticide Applicator Certification
    
    
  • Commercial Lawn Application Regulations (Final Policy, effective 6/9/05)
    
    
  • Pest Management Information Series
    
    
  • Neighbor Notification Law
    
    
  • New York State Administrative Rules - State Register Access
    
    

Environmental Protection Agency

• Office of Pesticide Programs, Environmental Protection Agency
  
  
  • Contacting EPA about Regulating Pesticides
    
    
  • Associated Laws and Regulations
    
    
    • Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA)
      
      
      • Food Quality Protection Act (FQPA)
        
        
        • EPA Food Quality Protection Act (FQPA) of 1996
        • PMEP Food Quality Protection Act (FQPA)
        
        
      • Worker Protection Standard (WPS)
        
        
        • WPS Standard and Amendments
        • Basic Principles of WPS
        • Who and What are Covered?
        • WPS Training / Training Requirements
        • Warning Signs
          
        
        
      • Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (FFDCA)
        
        
      • Endangered Species Act (ESA)
        
        
      • Pesticide Container and Containment Rule
        
        
    • Pesticide Registration
      
      
      • Pesticide Registration Kit
        
        
      • Pesticide Registration Notices
        
        
        • Minimum Risk Pesticides Exempted under FIFRA Section 25(b) Clarification of Issues (PDF)
        
        
      • Pesticide Reregistration Eligibility Decisions (REDs)
        
        
      • FIFRA Section 18 Emergency Exemptions
        
        
      • Pesticide Label
        
        
        • Label Requirements
        • Label Review Manual
        • Read the Label First / Interactive Label
          
          
      • Inert Ingredients
        
        
        • Inert Ingredients in Pesticide Products
        • EPA Toxicity Lists of Inert Pesticide Ingredients
    
    
  • Antimicrobial Pesticides
    
    
  • Biopesticides
    
    
  • Federal Register Notices
  
  
• Integrated Risk Information System (IRIS)
  
  
• Distributed Structure - Searchable Toxicity (DSSTOX) Public Database Network
  
  

Food and Drug Administration (U.S. Dept. of Health and Human Services)

• Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act
  
  
• FDA Policy for Foods Developed by Biotechnology
  
  

• Agricultural Biotechnology
  
  
  • Laws, Regulations, Policies and Responsibilities
    
    
    • USDA
      
      
      • USDA Role
      • Biotechnology Regulatory Services (BRS)
        
        
    • EPA
      
      
      • Federal Register Notices
      • Office of Pesticide Programs - Biopesticides
      • Office of Pollution Prevention and Toxics
        
        
    • FDA
      
      
      • FDA Policy for Foods Developed by Biotechnology

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For more information relative to pesticides and their use in New York State, please contact the PMEP staff at:   5123 Comstock Hall Cornell University Ithaca, NY 14853-0901 (607) 255-1866

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